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Evolution of Pore Types and Petrophysical Properties Of Fault Rocks In Low‐Porosity Carbonates
In carbonates, fault zone architecture, distribution of different types of fault rocks in fault cores (e.g., breccias, cataclasites), and the interplay between deformation and diagenesis must be considered to predict the flow properties of a fault zone. We present the results of an integrated structural and petrophysical study of two carbonate outcrops in central Italy, where faults are known to act as dynamic seals at depth, causing ≈70 m of hydraulic head drop in a karstified groundwater reservoir. The architecture of these fault zones is very well exposed, allowing for detailed mapping of the along-strike and across-strike distribution and continuity of fault cores and associated fault rocks over a distance of ≈8 km. More than 150 samples, comprising several fault architectural elements and carbonate host rocks, were collected in transects orthogonal to the fault zones. Fault rock porosity and permeability were measured on 1-inch plugs and then linked to characteristic microstructures and fault rock textures. The results of this integration consisted of ranges of porosity and permeability for each type of fault rock. A trend of increasing comminution and decreasing pore size is evident from the outer toward the inner portions of fault cores. Three types of breccias (crackle, mosaic, and chaotic) and various types of cataclasites were identified. Crackle breccias show the highest plug permeabilities (up to hundredss of mD), whereas the ultracataclasites have the lowest plug permeability (down to 0.01 mD, which is roughly equivalent to unfractured host rock). These data reveal the interplay between various fault rocks and host rock permeability and the development of permeability anisotropy of fault zones in carbonates.
SEISMIC RESPONSE AND PROPERTIES OF NON-STRATABOUND DOLOSTONE RESERVOIRS: SCENARIO EVALUATION
Abstract The aim of this study is to evaluate what seismic attributes are best able to highlight porous non-stratabound dolostone geobodies set in low porosity limestone. For this purpose three dolostone geobody volume scenarios were defined using outcrop based three-dimensional models to define the range of dimensions of dolostone geobodies and their association with particular fault populations. Three porosity scenarios were created using a global compilation to assign porosities to three lithologies: host limestone, bulk dolostone geobodies, and dolostone geobodies adjacent to faults. The combination of porosity and geobody volume scenarios yielded nine non-stratabound dolostone geobody scenarios. These include models in which the properties of near-fault dolostones were enhanced or degraded relative to the bulk dolostone geobody values. This allows for the effects of processes such as overdolomitization or dissolution to be implicitly explored, since those processes can degrade or enhance near-fault properties such as porosity, although in all scenarios dolostone porosities are greater than host limestone porosity. Density and compressional velocity ( V p ) were assigned to the scenarios based on a global compilation of the density, porosity, and V p in limestones and dolostones to allow for the calculation of acoustic impedance volumes that are representative of the range of values that could exist at depth. Synthetic seismic cubes and a suite of 14 seismic attributes were generated for each of the nine dolostone scenarios. Each attribute response was evaluated for its potential to highlight porous non-stratabound dolostone geobodies. Attributes that are most sensitive to lateral changes in acoustic properties rank the highest in the evaluation, followed by amplitude attributes, followed in turn by frequency attributes. Continuity attributes rank poorly in this example because fault offset is relatively small and is obscured by dolomitization.